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The Iconic REEF Fanning Sandal Just Hit Legal Drinking Age

Four new models join the family of clever, beach-bum approved sandals featuring a bottle opener in the sole

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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Almost 200 Letters from Hunter S. Thompson are Up For Auction

Hunter S. Thompson was one of a kind. He ushered in the era of the gonzo journalist and fueled his escapades with a cornucopia of illegal substances, which led to some of the most interesting books and articles we've ever read. If you have $110,000 you can devour more of…

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Transportation
ECD Automotive Design Project Hard Drive Defender

The name might have changed from East Coast Defender to ECD Automotive Design, but the quality of the rides has not. Whether it's the Project DiVA D90 or the Project Viper D130, there's no shortage of jaw-dropping vehicles that have rolled out of the ECD shop. The latest is a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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New York by New York

There's something about New York that makes it unlike anywhere else on the planet. New York by New York is a new coffee table book that chronicles everything that makes the city what it is. If there was any publisher uniquely equipped to bring together the written and visual talent…

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Food
IHOPS Is a Pancake Beer From IHOP

If you love IHOP pancakes but have always questioned why you can't get drunk on them, now you're in luck. It's time to guzzle some IHOPS. IHOPS is a new beer from IHOP and Keegan Ales inspired by the chain's popular pumpkin pancakes that hit menus this time of year.…

By Mike Newman
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Hut on Sleds Is a Cabin That Can Be Moved

Situated on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, Whangapoua is a small settlement of mostly vacation homes with some of the most picturesque surroundings you'll ever experience. The only issue with the Coromandel beach site is that it exists within the erosion zone, so all buildings must be removable. Crosson…

By Cooper Fleishman
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